too lazy to post...

Man, the weather has been so nice. Almost 70's. I certainly can't complain about that... I put in 5 hours on Saturday, although it was cold to start. Yesterday, I only did about an hour and a half, but I did it on the best bike ever. It is such a mut. It's my first real bike. An old Gary Fisher steel frame with horizontal dropouts welded on it. I usually run a 34x17, but not right now. I turned it into a ghetto fixie. 34x13. Drop bars (like 44 cm Ritcheys), a front cantilever brake, 2.3 tires. So ugly. But functional. And it climbs like Petacchi. What a bike. Stephanie almost refused to ride with me because it is so ugly. Function, not fashion. And I'll be pedalling smooth circles in no time (or my knees will blow up on the climbs or descents). Warm weather and an ugly bike, does it get any better? I guess I'll just sit here in my office, look out the window ant the mountains, and wish I was riding on this 60 degree day.

Oh, the Snow...

I have been excited to get snow lately. I am not sure why. I went Snowshoeing Monday. We hiked up a mile long glacier -St Marys-. It was fun, aside from the cold, 40 mph snowy headwind we hiked into the whole way up. There was tons of powder off the glacier in the woods. Atleast a couple feet. And to further my cross training, I went bowling that night with Stephanie. Considering I bowl like 8 times of year, I was rockin... I bowled a 15x, 18x, 17x (not sure of the exact scores, but this is the ball park). Today, we got 6 inches. I am going to take my single speed out and trash around in the park trails by my house. It's fun and a great work out. I can just see the ice forming from the melted snow today. Tonight should be interesting. We had our team meeting last night and there are a lot of cyclists motivated to do some riding. I can't imagine 60-80 miles this time of year. I am fat and out of shape, but I don't look to be racing for atleast 4 months. Everyone is motivated and kills themselves in the spring, then I am left racing alone in July & August in preparations for cyclocross... I guess thats the way the cookie crumbles...

Back Home Again, In Colorado

Well, it's good to be home! Far from family and friends, close to the great outdoors. Not necessarily a good compromise, but somehow I make it work in my head. So, I let my plane ticket go and drove home with Stephanie. We left Monday morning around 8 am with the intention to stop in KCMO and stay with some of her old friends (She went to the Kansas City Art Institute before transferring to RMCAD). With an ETA of about 2 hours, we were both feeling energetic and more than wanting to be home, so we decided to go for the gusto. Sure, I had made the non-stop trip from Indiana to Colorado many times before, but I had also planned on it when I left. I had slept poorly the night before, but that didn't keep me down. We did it. Just over 18 hours. Almost 1300 miles. She got a new Passat Wagon and that thing drives like a dream. I got into my 8 year old SUV and it drives like a friggin tank, but one with tires instead of tracks, and the tires feel like they are almost flat. You get the point. A car review? Exterior: Cool, plenty of room for bikes on top. Interior: Spacious. Plenty of room for spare wheels, trainer, equipment bags, a couple dogs, Norwiegan Massuese, etc... Seats: Good. Cold weather and heated seats is a sensation I had yet to enjoy. ::Boy my hands are freezing cause it is 12 degrees outside and I just got done pumping gas. But, man, my butt is toastie:: Lumbar is also good for miles and miles in the captains throne. Tiptronic: I am a five speed fan, but the tiptronic with the manuals is pretty cool. It works better than I remember it working in stuff I had driven before. Anyways, its nice and it made the trip even better. I have babbled enough. Stay tuned for a review of the 2005 Three Rivers Velosport Clubs "Chilly Challenge". I wonder when all the snow is going to melt...